[Trivial Psychic]

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Originally Posted by Boy Blunder

And you hit the nail on the head. Most of the people I see who constantly dump on the popularity of superhero films are hating on specifically that - the popularity. The hype. "It was good when there were fewer, but because everyone is doing them all the time, they suck now" is the basic argument they're coming from. It's the same as it ever was, people trying to be pseudo-elitist by hating things just because they're popular.

Or....maybe some of us have felt that Marvel has been releasing the same movie over and over since Iron Man 3, just with different characters, and would like to see something a bit different in approach. Despite the backlash against them, I think DC has killed Marvel in this regard. Man of Steel and BvS were not masterpieces by any regard, but they were entertaining (for me anyways) because I liked the darker take that Snyder had on them. Wonder Woman was also terrific, bad CGI villain and all. Then Whedon came in and rubbed his snarky, Gillmore Girls-esque musk all over Justice League and killed off whatever work Snyder put into it, turning it into a parody of (insert Marvel film here.) It was quite disappointing.

I've become really annoyed by the hype each and every film Marvel puts out, but not because it's "cool to hate," but because they make every film see like something new and epic is bound to happen, only for the film to dissolve into the same formula of ill-timed, sarcastic humor and CGI climaxes that have varying degrees of life or lifelessness. Add to that the fact that the hype these movies receive these days have made it nearly impossible to avoid spoilers and such, as everyone from Rolling Stone to the random A-hole on Facebook is letting you know about the big plot twist, who dies, or the surprise cameo, often hours or even days before the film ever hits theaters.

Most of the stuff Marvel has put out these last two years have been mostly been a bunch underwhelming one timers for me, but that's not to say I haven't enjoyed anything though. I thought Infinity War was okay, and Homecoming was better than I expected, despite my disdain for yet another teenage Peter Parker. Civil War was excellent. I thought the last season of Luke Cage was really good, and I am pumped for DD season 3. Even Cloak and Dagger was better than my expectations. I think Venom can survive without Spider-Man if they stay faithful to the "Lethal Protector" story it was based on (and stay away from the PG-13 rating, which Sony is supposedly desperately fighting for.) On the DC front, Shazam really has my attention as well (although Aquaman...not so much.)

Truthfully, the one film I had the most fun these last few years was Ready Player One....but Spielberg has this midas touch about him, and that whole recreation of the Shining was absolutely amazing...